Tabatiere
[tabaˈti̯eːʁə]
The verdict
“Tabatiere” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleines Behältnis, Dose zur Aufbewahrung von Schnupftabak
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tabatiere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tabaˈti̯eːʁə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tabatiere” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tabatiere is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tabaˈti̯eːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tabatiere, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Tabatiere, spelled T-A-B-A-T-I-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1kleines Behältnis, Dose zur Aufbewahrung von Schnupftabak
- 2kleines Behältnis, Dose zur Aufbewahrung von Tabak
- 3Etui, Dose zur Aufbewahrung von Zigaretten
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Tabatiere”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-B-A-T-I-E-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tabaˈti̯eːʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.